Man final

Phew! I finally finished this piece. It took around 4 sessions, if I remember correctly. I'm happy with it.

Battle Window 2015

I painted my grade's battle window for this year, and I'm satisfied with how it turned out! It was fun to do and it was relaxing. Not much thinking- just painting.

Man update 2

It's coming along.

Depeche

A Major

For Q4, my major will be human anatomy/ portraits. I'm exploring more than anything, and if I happen to produce final products, then that's great. But I'm not looking to make any ground breaking paintings- simply more practice. Like I said, if along the way I end up with something I really like, I will consider that my finished work.

As an end result, I hope to understand the human body and the way it curves more than I do now. I want to become so good at anatomy to the point where it won't become an issue for me anymore. That way, I can focus on development and creativity instead of proportions. I am working alone in this endeavor but I am interested in possibly sketching other people around me. My community will probably end up being the same old people- Luke, Sarah, and Ashley. I am just beginning to take anatomy more seriously, and I hope to have an even firmer grasp of it by the end of Q4.

The 5 criteria that I will be graded on include the following (not in any particular order):

• Composition, Accuracy, Volume, Material, Character

A Minor

I'm thinking of having multiple minors going on at once because I can't see myself just doing one small thing for the entirety of Q4. That would get boring way too fast. At the moment, I have three minors in mind. One of them shall be poetry (mostly because Luke said so, not that I mind too much), the second being print making, the the third one being sculpture.

I want to continue to strengthen my poetry because I really do see it as a completely different language. I've always had a love for it and I write poetry every now and then. I want to continue with print making because there's just this inexplainable therapeutic aura that washed over me whenever I'm printing. I will dabble in rubber prints, linoleum cuts, stamps, and possibly even wood cuts. The third minor is a far stretch because it may be too much to take on, but I'm willing to try and keep it on the back burner. I love sculpture because I love to work with my hands, which might explain why I love printmaking. Sculpture provides me with a more abstract and 3D medium then print can provide me with, and that is intriguing. 

In my poetry, I hope to sound less like a angst filled 16 year old teen and more like a person who can actually write poetry. For printmaking, I hope to create a print with various layers of color, ultimately creating a limited edition set. Maybe even a set of cards for special occasions. For sculpture, I am thinking about making another human head sculpture like I did last summer. 

A Book

I am deciding to study Egon Schiele, seeing that I am working with human anatomy as my major. The book that will supplement my study on him will be a book called "Egon Schiele (World of Art)" by Frank Whitford. I already bought the book on Amazon because c'mon, it was only $0.01.

Man update 1

More shading. Still working.

3 objects

I did this as a basic practice for painting and coloring purposes. I'm just starting to get a feel for oils and how they work. The first object I did was the red cup, then the blue mug, the the yellow honey container. From this I learned quite a lot- practice, above anything else, really. The blue mug and the honey container are the most accurate in terms of color, and this teeny painting took probably 3 1/2 hours. I have yet to finish the background, so I will update this whenever I finish.

But Not For Me

We were once two naive souls
So young and blind with glee
Writing songs of love together
But not the same song, I believe

We may not be right for each other
For we only have one lifetime to spare
But who's to say we won't think of each other
When the day is done, without a single care

These foolish star-crossed lovers
With fates that lead to opposite ends
Never being able to dismiss
The fleeting memory of your kiss

You may be the one
but not the one for me

Man

I'm in the midst of a major drawing right now. I'm going to be drawing this sculpture of a man's head. So far all I've gotten is the sketch up. This is a work in progress.

Red Solo Cup

I feel like I'm trying as hard as I can to avoid drawing a self-portrait of myself. I genuinely just do not enjoy myself as a subject, but I guess I just have to get over it sooner or later, regardless of how much I hate it.

I decided to work on a bit of color today since I have poor color theory. My predominant subject was a red solo cup. It was annoying to paint at first since I don't have much practice with oils, but I think in the it came out pretty nice.

Least I'm getting somewhere. I think.

Late night

Didn't feel like studying for math because math sucks, so I came up with this instead.

Oil paint: My face

I'm more enthused about the sketch that I did than about how the start of the oil painting did. I can see how I've improved since the first sketch I've done of my face, and that's quite pleasing. I can sketch my face with fewer and cleaner lines!

I think the only reason why I'm not so satisfied with the oil painting is because its not a medium I'm extremely comfortable yet with. Don't worry, I shan't be discouraged, but I'm not content with it so far.

Working with Self Portraits

Hopefully by the end of this I can paint a semi-decent looking portrait of myself.